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Highest Turnout - 72.8% in East West Central Towns (General-Urban) Lowest Turnout - 14.6% in Lahore (Sikh-Rural) Non-Territorial Constituencies voters - 5,304 Highest Number of voters - 2,398 in Punjab Universities; Lowest Number of voters - 11 in Baluch Tumandars; Highest Turnout - 84.4% in Punjab Universities
The third local government election was held after the coup tenure of Pervez Musharraf in 2000. Finally, for the first time in the history of Pakistan, local body elections were held on December 7, 2013. Balochistan was the first province where these polls were held. Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were all set to conduct the polls.
General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly. [1] The elections were held under the military government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq after the restoration of the 1973 constitution. Around 1,300 candidates contested the elections, which were held on a nonpartisan basis. [2]
Lowest Turnout = 5.48% in Amritsar City (General-Urban) Total Voters in Non-Territorial Constituencies = 1,62,929 Highest No. of Voters = 70,708 in Amritsar (Women-Sikh) Lowest No. of Voters = 9 in Baluch Tumandars (Landholders) Highest Turnout = 97.45% in Punjab (Commerce and Industry) Lowest Turnout = 16.69% in European
The PPP performed strongly in Bhutto's native Sindh and rural Punjab, while the PML-N was strongest in industrial Punjab and the largest cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. [9] Islamic fundamentalist candidates did poorly in an election that was marked by a low turnout . [ 1 ]
Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] Shiromani Akali Dal had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the chief minister.
Bhutto's PPP was routed, and came second nationally with only 18 seats, and for the first time failing to win any seats in Punjab. Khan's Movement for Justice failed to win any seats. [11] The turnout, at around 36%, was the lowest ever in the history of elections in Pakistan. [12]
At the provincial level, the PPP won in Sindh, the PML-N dominated in Punjab, the Awami National Party emerged as the largest party in North-West Frontier Province and Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (Q) won the most seats in Balochistan. Around 35.2 million people voted, with voter turnout just 44%. [8]